Anzac Day in New Britain

WELL attended Anzac Day services were held at Rabaul and Bitapaka, New Britain, on the morning of April 25.

The service at the Bitapaka Memorial which marks the area in which first Australians fell in 1914-18 war, was very impressive with a Native Constabulary guard and the Catholic Mission Band.

Both the Rabaul and Bitapaka services were conducted by the Rev. B.

Chenoweth. The acting District Officer, Rabaul, gave an address at the picture theatre, Rabaul, where residents gathered before going on to the cemetery where Father Ormonde delivered an address.

Frederick William Cuthbert. a 93-year old mine-owner of Georgetown (Q’ld.i, who died on October 25, 1948, left £128,987

£ cash to K.&ared among .his> relatives Known as the man with the Midas touch” because, wherever he went he found gold, Cuthbert, m 1928, With a partner, bought a mine property on Misi ma Island, Papua, for £2,000. In 1935 he and his partner sold it for £95,000 (£75,000 in cash and £20,000 in shares) to a com pany. Cuthtaelrt was reputed to have made £BO,OOO out of Misima.

The Kumgunan native brass band from Kokopo gave a recital in the grounds of th e sacred Heart School, Rabaul, on the evening of May 1. The Band has 45 pieces and is conducted by the principal of the school, Brother Joseph Landinger. Al though the membership of the Band is continually changing owing to coming and going of natives at the School, Brother Landinger has brought it to a high standard of playing. Kingunan School is one of the Catholic Mission Schools operating under the Common wealth Reconstruction Training Scheme.